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Meanings of pitch into in English

Hit violently, as in an attack.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "lam into"
        Examples for "lam into"
        1
        Is that why he didn't-didn'tlam into me?
        Go Set a Watchman
        2
        And he's got savvee enough to know from now on that that same stone wall will be always there ready for him to lam into.
        Burning Daylight
        3
        You lammed into him, and she took up and defended him.
        Bruce
        4
        How I lammed into the beggar!
        The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
        5
        "It's the one you lammed into the Huns with," explained Bart.
        Army Boys on German Soil: Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs
        1
        As for him, he would love the chance to tear into Bartomeu.
        The Guardian
        2
        He'd just started to tear into me again when the telephone rang.
        Hell hath no fury
        3
        She saw that he brushed more than one tear into the waves.
        Opening a Chestnut Burr
        4
        She just shoved him aside and bent to tear into the reindeer.
        Promise of the wolves: a novel
        5
        He saw them tear into the four men, saw the wounds burst open.
        Phantoms
        1
        She opened her mouth like she was going to lace into him-butthen shrugged.
        Second glance
        2
        These joyful bounds just lace into the stuff of my memories and stay there forever.
        Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
        3
        Alicia put out her hand and tucked an irrelevant bit of lace into Hilda's bosom.
        The Path of a Star
        4
        So saying the mad girl took up a pair of scissors and cut the lace into fragments.
        The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
        5
        As soon as we are on the street in front of the boutique I lace into her.
        My Sister's Keeper
        1
        The front line of Surakan ships continued to lay into the cruiser.
        Envoy
        2
        Don't think I didn't lay into him after he left you.
        A taste of magic
        3
        Should he lay into me, or drink a beer with me?
        Self's punishment
        4
        Molière introduced a couplet of this lay into his Alceste.
        Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
        5
        I looked back to see a team of cops lay into her with batons.
        Crooked little vein
        Usage of pitch into in English
        1
        The longing to pitch into somebody was so strong you couldn't resist.
        Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys
        2
        But I'll walk into your parlour, while I pitch into your crib.
        Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
        3
        Throw the pitch into that, it's very, very tough for the players.
        The Guardian
        4
        If you don't look out, Gascoyne will pitch into you, old boy.
        Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
        5
        Do pitch into the broiled bones while they are hot; never mind me.
        Castle Richmond
        6
        I feel as if I want to pitch into the whole Shears family.
        A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
        7
        He saw that Randy was ready to pitch into him on the instant.
        Randy of the River; Or, The Adventures of a Young Deckhand
        8
        But we shall not believe you unless you pitch into someone.
        Native Races and the War
        9
        By Jove, he will try and pitch into you some day.
        More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 / A Record of His Work...
        10
        If she likes a person she will pitch into him, and chaff him.
        The Idiot
        11
        Well, Mr. Duval, you may pass this time; we'll pitch into higher game.
        Eveline Mandeville / Or, The Horse Thief Rival
        12
        Or have you come up to hear Brabrook pitch into us?
        The Patrician
        13
        It'd be a good idee to pitch into Catholics in general whenever you can.
        The Damnation of Theron Ware
        14
        He therefore exhorted his instructor to wake up and pitch into him in earnest.
        Cashel Byron's Profession
        15
        I thought for a minute they'd pitch into one another and have it out.
        Eight Cousins
        16
        We may be home in a year, and I'll want to pitch into something.
        Terry / A Tale of the Hill People
        This collocation consists of:
        Pitch into through the time
        Pitch into across language varieties
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